Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1887-03-19
i. ST. FRANCIsvILIE, La. SATERDAY. MARCH 49, 1887

[AsanAl carried little chest Of pinch.
|t<sl rings. earrings, looking-glasses
hna the like for sale among the ranch.
eIos. In short, this was peddler.
0H-he had arrived at cliff in one
1f the hills, he unloaded the donkey
tnd turned it loose to grass at will,
rhHs he sat down upon his pack sad
de. After . time another wayfarer
appeared and came to sit down by the
t0rraer. They talked awhile, smoked
fhe'r cigarettes, and then lay down
Ie-eefully to sleep, for these
we're brothers, travelling together
lei partners in business. He who
Pin driven the donkey fell asleep
/. k"sarty. hut Francisco. che other.
Rto think that i he were master
; 6is brothers money and goods he
Nhld have enough to support him,
II would be subject to the command
ol none. This flame kindled in his
niisd was famed by Satan, and he de-
termined to carry out the idea. He OBJ
served his brothers respiration, and,
satisfied that he slept soundly, Fran
cisco arose. and on tiptoe, with his lips
apart and his eyes wide and rolling, he
lifted up great. black stone, and hold
i4g it above his brothers head, let it
faaL A dull crash told that the sleep
er's head was crushed to atoms. After
a moment stream of blood crept from
beneath the stone. No sooner did the
murderer see that red current run,
bathing the rocks, than, like another
Cain, he began to rush frenzied from
place to place, tearing his locks and
Beating his head against the powders.
Finally. desperate, he turned to the
Chapel of Our Lady of the Silversmiths,
and there he wept very torrent of
tears, calling on his Maker to show
him mercy. You see, the poor devil.
notwithstanding the course of justice
.sas not very prompt then on Mexican
s.i, feared to find himself uncomforta-
rtT we'll fitted by a halter.] Well, he
ntpt and cried, striking his sinful head
against the steps of the altar, and called
u pom the Lord to pardon and save him,
a{cursed criminal as he was. In the
midst of his lamentations he felt a soft
tdich upon the shoulder, and turning
lib head:
oh, my brother!' he cried; have
4y! If thou art q shade, if thou hast
d me hither from another world, have
~ Land forgive met
sA 'WhGt kind of a trick do you call
~. deh...,.:aI TIE other, to 90 away
aid leave the beast and load unmatched
I'd me alone and sleepingP'
"'My brother, have killed theer
Killed me! but I'm alive!' replied
the murdered man, mechanically in
sRecting himself closely.
Sc None the less, l hurled a great
stpne upon your head, and saw your
blbod gush forth and your brains spat-
tefed around
F'The other passed his hands over his
head. and. while he found no wound,
he experienced slight pain beneath
the touch. But, my brother, explain
this thing
''Oh! l. am a sinner, vile and ac-
cursed! But the Lord has seen my re-
peptance, and He has restored thee to
life. Let IS pray
The two brothers fell upon their
knees. and prayed long and devoutly-
Going later to the scene of the murder,
they found there the stone still covered
with fresh blood"
When his recital had reached this
point, my friend said seeing me open
my eyes wide: Come in, and you may
see the stone.' And on going in. in
fact, l saw and touched, in one corner
of the chapel, great black bowlder
capable of demolishing not merely the
head of Il man, but of an elephant.
l hold myself responsible for the ac-
count Of this miracle no more than of
the other. 1t is tradition which I re-
late to the reader as it was told to me.
Z. II. AddiS, IN Argonaut.